Jean-Noel Gaubert

Jean-Noel Gaubert (2 June 1790-29 January 1814) was a colonel of the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. He was killed at the Battle of Bar-le-Duc during the War of the Sixth Coalition.

Biography
Jean-Noel Gaubert was born in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire in central France in 1790, and in 1806 he was drafted into the French army during the Napoleonic Wars (War of the Fourth Coalition). Gaubert became a member of the Chevau-Legers Lancers and was promoted to Colonel at the age of 26 in 1814 during the War of the Sixth Coalition.

Gaubert led a cavalry regiment under Brigadier-General Sabin de Gouvion in the War of the Sixth Coalition in 1814, and took part in a cavalry charge at the Battle of Bar-le-Duc on 29 January. His lancers performed well, but they were met by bayonet-wielding Swedish infantrymen and Gaubert's regiment suffered heavy losses. Gaubert was bayonetted and fell from his horse, dead.